Y/N POV

After our classes ended, we head straight to the headmaster's office. Deuce knocks on the door while Ace, Celestia, Grim, Me, and Lucas follow him from behind.

"Headmaster, pardon our intrusion," Deuce said as he opened the door.

"Pardon us," Ace and I said in unison as we step foot inside the office.

"You're all here, I see. Let's get right to the matter at hand..." Crowley raised from his table. "Now that things have calmed down after the Heartslabyul incident the other day. There is a matter I must discuss with you... You all need to know about the berserk state Mr. Roseheart fell into if you are to become wizards."

"It was... overblot," Deuce recalled his memory.

"Yes, that is correct." Crowley sighed.

"I've heard about it from bro before but... seeing someone build up enough blot to become that was... something else." Ace said, "He really went full 'evil berserker mode."

"Hey, what is 'blot' anyway?" Grim asked as jump down from his shoulder.

"Grim, you haven't heard of an overblot?" Celestia said.

"Nope."

"My family is still gathering information about the Overblot. So I am still learning and investigating, why is this happening?" I told Crowley.

"It's that so. You all need that explained as well. I shall fill you all in. For I am gracious." Crowley cleans his throat before starting, "Ahem. Blot is a type of waste created after one uses magic. In the same way, a vehicle creates exhaust as it burns fuel to run. Spells burn magic to manifest, and create blot at the same time... that should be easy enough to understand."

"Blot is the exhaust of magic." I crossed my arms together.

"That doesn't sound healthy," Lucas commented.

"That is correct. Blot has been researched since the dawn of recorded history but... There are still many mysteries to unravel. One thing that is known for sure is. That blot is a toxin and building up too much can cause great harm to the mind and body." Crowley added.

"Oh yeah, my grandma used to always say, 'You'll build up blot so don't use magic willy nilly.' She went on and on about it." Ace said.

"Well, she isn't wrong," Celestia said.

"With great power comes great risk. No matter how great the wizard, they cannot infinitely use magic." I said.

"So you're saying the more we use magic the unhealthier it becomes!?" Grim stated.

"No, that's not exactly right. Hmm. It might be faster to just show you rather than just explain." Crowley said.

A few moments later, I sense someone hiding behind the office walls. So I quickly grab my pen and whisper to Lucas and Celestia. "Be ready."

"My dear ghosts, it's time for work!" Crowley called out to the ghost, as a few ghosts goes inside the room.

"Yo yo. You called, headmaster." Ghost A said.

"Eh? W-what now?" Ace asked.

"First, please lend a hand in helping temper these young ones," Crowley told the Ghost.

"Eeeh?" Deuce jumps back.

"Is he planning that we should fight this ghost?" Celestia and Lucas asked.

"It seems like that is the plan," I replied.

"Here we go. Let's go around." Ghost said.

"Ready your magical pens everyone. your special lesson with the headmaster isn't over yet." Crowley said.

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Three-person POV

It took three students, a wolf, a dragon in human form, and a monster to beat all the ghosts, but after an hour. They were breathless and exhausted from the fight.

"Oi, headmaster! Talking about blot and fighting ghosts have nothing to do with each other." Grim complained.

"Grim, take a good look at the magic crystal around your neck." Crowley pointed his finger at Grim's crystal, as Grim look down at his neck.

"Ffgna!? There are some weird blotches on my crystal? I can't wipe them off with my paw" Grim panicked while trying to wipe it.

"There should be black smudges that look like drops of ink on the crystal. Those are the blots created from using magic." Crowley said.

"If I look close, there's smell smudge on my magical pen as well...!" Deuce mumbles.

"Blegh, it's so dirty!" Grim commented.

"AH! Y/n crystal is almost turned to black." Ace pointed his finger at my crystal. "Just drop of magic left before it is complete."

Y/n look at her magical pen, and Ace was right. 'My crystal is almost turned black, but I don't feel anything weird happening to me.'

"AH!?" Grim and Deuce scream.

"Guys, calm down. I'm alright, it's still me." Y/n told her friends.

"It will go back to normal? Right." Lucas asked.

"Why yes," Crowley responds.

"I'm relieved! Phew." Grim let out sighed of relief.

"Ms. Kambe. If I may have taken a look at your crystal." Crowley reached out his hand in front of her, as Y/n give him the magical pen. "Mh!? The blot on her crystal is larger than I thought. She needs to be more careful about using magic." Crowley muttered when Crowley could give the magical pen to Y/n. The crystal started turning back to normal, 'The blot on Ms. Kambe's crystal is disappearing quicker than others.' Crowley thought to himself. "With enough rest, the blot will vanish in a matter of time. Magical crystals don't only help with performing spells, but also prevent blots from accumulating directly within the caster. They are truly a wonderful item that can shoulder your burdens."

"I see. So you mean that if our crystals start to darken we need to properly rest." Deuce a summary of what Crowley just said.

"Most especially the wizard that was a lot of magic," Lucas said.

"That's right. Eat well, sleep well and normal blots will disappear on their own." Crowley smiled.

Celestia goes to her master's shoulder and checks her crystal, "Your crystal seems to go back to normal."

"Yeah! It's faster than before, how about yours and Lucas? Are they still black?" Y/n asked.

Celestia looks down at her crystal, "There's still few for me, and as for Lucas." She turned around to Lucas crystal, "He also has a few black on him too."

"That's great."

"How 'bout that!! Then when I become the greatest wizard ever, I can fire off spells like 'bang! bang!' with no problem. I always eat my fill and sleep like a rock." Grim said cheerfully like it's not. But there is something more that they don't know.

Celestia and Lucas sighed, "He doesn't get it."

"The amount of mana a person has varies from person to person but..." Crowley stopped.

"Aside from very special cases, the difference doesn't really affect the maximum blot a person can tolerate." Y/n completed the sentence.

"What does that mean?" Grim asked.

"That means, people like Mr. Rosehearts, who have a lot of mana... have to be exceedingly careful about how much blot they are accumulating," Crowley said to Grim.

"If you aren't paying attention and just keep using a bunch of magic without paying attention... you gonna get covered in blot." Ace said.

"Well, with the amount of mana all of us possess I don't think any danger of that. Isn't that great? But for Ms. Kambe, there is a slight chance you might gone overblot like Mr. Roseheart." Crowley warned Y/n.

The h/c girl smiled at Crowley, "Don't worry! Because that won't ever be going to happen...... Again." Y/n mumbled the last one.

"I hope so," Crowley said worriedly.

"That line of yours doesn't bring me joy! Like at all." Ace complained.

"If you use too much magic and your crystal becomes completely black... You'll go into 'evil berserker mode' like Riddle? That huge evil spirit was super scary." Grim screams in fear, he jumps on Lucas's shoulder.

"The amount of blot a person accumulates if greatly influenced by their mental state. Anger, sorrow, fear, confusion," Y/n said. 'Which some of them I can't feel inside me anymore.'

"Being swathed in negative energy makes blot all the easier to build up. And overblot much more easily as well." Crowley added.

"Negative energy." Deuce mumble.

"The giant shadow that appeared behind Mr. Roseheart when he was rampaging. They say that appears as the incarnation of negative fused with a blot, however. The detail is understood at this time." Crowley explains

"There is still so much we don't know about overblot." Y/n sighed.

"Due in part to three being very there being very few cases of it happening," Crowley added.

"Who would want more cases of that? I certainly don't" Ace said.

"It is truly fortunate that Mr. Roseheart was brought back to his senses if he hadn't... AHHHH! I DON'T WANT TO EVEN IMAGINE IT'S TOO AWFUL!" Crowley suddenly yelled, as the students freak out and jump back.

"Waahah! Don't yell like that, you scared the crap outta me!" Grim shouted as he covered his ears.

"That man almost gives me a heart attack back there," Celestia yelled, I pat her head to calm down.

"Ahem. Apologies, I lost myself there for a moment. This become long-winded, but I hope you understand that using comes with certain dangers. You'd do well to never forget that." Crowley told everyone while he placed both hands on his hips.

"Yes." Everyone replied.

"That brings your special lesson with your gracious headmaster to a close! Please return to your classroom." Crowley said. "Now I must get ready for the Inter-Dorm Magical Shift Tournament in October has had me swamped."

'Inter-Dorm Magical shift tournament.' Y/n thought to herself.

"There's a meeting with all the dorm heads after this too..." Crowley sighed.

"Magical Shift Tournament?" Grim questioned.

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